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Firefighters said the house likely burned for a while before any neighbors noticed because the house is surrounded by brush and trees.

"It's kind of concerning with all these abandoned houses catching on fire, something is wrong," said Al Hall, who lives next door.

Hall wants the city to demolish what's left of the house quickly. "To see something like this, I hope the mayor's office and whoever doesn't spend a lot of time letting it sit here. Like I said, I know a couple of these other houses have been burned and they've still sat there and nothing has been done with them," Hall said.

Sunday's fire is the third inside a vacant home within two blocks of the area. One of them, at the corner of 40th Street and Grand Avenue, is waiting for demolition with an arson reward sign out front.